This 4th of July holiday, grab some extra "Bang Snaps" or "Poppers" for this fun reading game!
Although Big Brother knows how to break up words into 'sound chunks,' I used this Bang Snap activity as a fun, hands-on way to review syllables.
Grab some poppers from your 4th of July celebration and practice breaking up works into syllables.
Your beginning reader will love this hands-on activity.
You can find these types of noisemakers leading up to the 4th of July; different companies call them different names, but ours happened to be called, "Bang Snaps." They are also called, "Poppers." When you throw them down on a hard service, they make a loud cackling "bang" sound-- hence the name!
Syllable Game for Kids
Supplies:
- Bang Snaps
- Word List
I though they would be a perfect way to review syllables as one is breaking up a word into "chunks." This fun, syllable game is a great way to encourage word awareness and help your child decode words.
With each "chunk" a bang snap would be thrown.
I just gave Big Brother a handful of bang snaps and called out words such as "dinosaur," "hippopotamus," his name, etc. etc. and he threw a bang snap for every sound chunk he said.
So "dinosaur" became "di-no-saur" using up three bang snaps!
Forget the worksheets, this hands-on activity was a fun to learn how to break up words into syllables!
Just as with any type of fireworks-- please be careful!!
Enjoy this fun syllables game! You might also enjoy this reading activity to do with your beginning reader: Learn to read with the Magic E!